Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-31
crc,oo Daoember es-Importsnt

CHICAGO, December 2S-Importsnt changes will be made in trans-cOntinen- tal messenger rates on January lst. There will be only two rates of unlimIt- ed first class. which have been raised in most instances, and new second class rates which correspond with the old emigrant rates. Rates from Missouri river ooiuts to the Pacific coast will be trsi class unlimited SG0 co, and second class, . girty five collars. RsieH between CblcEco and Saa Francisco Wiil be, first class. SIP 90. St Louis, S61 J0. New York, S9l co. Boston. s93 OO. These tickets will be unlimited. Round tfip excursion rates beve teen advanced from Chicago 10 Pacific coast from sSO % to Sl00. and from Missouri river from SG0O0 to SSO 100.
 SAS FRASCIsCo, December 2o.-Ihe large importing firm of Geo. w. Meade X Co. made au assignment for tce ben eft of their creditors without preference this afternoon. The announcement Oc- ca.ioped considerable surprise ls the firm has been regarded Gs thoroughly solvent. In sgeaLl1G about sue matter, Geo. w. Meade said: Il do not consider 1bIs in any sense a failure, us we have large resources on all sIiea, bJ:h 10 r1Hl estate aud merchandise ana the Lu IUess year now closing, hEs been a Very profit able one Co us. The heavy demands upon u7 for goods n our lines from all parts ot tEe United States cUIi1s tEis fall compelled on our part heavy pack ing on our various branches aDi packinS houses in this state and nIso heavy puI- chases on our Sen Franoisco office, For c ians time We fouLd ourselves uusbie to keep up. We had. all told, some IS 0 operators Gt work. Later ID the season, when stern dem md quieted down, winch Is al gGys customary co this sea son of the year. we found ourselves with large accaptapces and bills maturing, all nearly at one time, and although We had abundant assets We coIld not a. once reallzs uUon these to meet CCr en- zagemeuts. If l can have u0hl July next at the furtherest," said Meade, "l can pay all demands. l we been doing a large business ID ihe past few weeks. | think thBt I've paid out over two mil lion dollars. The farmers and produc- CTS have got every cent due them, but l owe the banks here and at Los Angeles at San Francisco and Santa Clara" The assign ment was made to Frank Dalton, President of the Produce Exchange. He said: " am sure that fl he san only have few months time, say ul;il the March bnsiness is fiui-hed, Ee can psy S2 or g. 30 for every dollar be owes. He has considerable property ID stock ranches, etc, bu. ths banks would not accept the security on it for oyerdrAfts. The chief credi,o- is ibe Bank of Ca!I- fornia and I think .hey made @ mistake ID pressing hIm" J E. Euggles, Of Dodge. Sweeney & G., which Is one Oi the creditors of the g-sisUed firm, saio his firm is confident MaGte will pay all demands if hs Is given tune. "Ne regard tine suspension as temporary, but the banks haee stopped over drafts aud caused trouble" The firm Of E Rasifer. Skidmore S c.. the New York agent of MeBde. IS a wealthy one yet banks Iov hold Meade EOol for IheIr notes because of their traas actions.
 MILwAUKEE, December 2S-Trains on all the roads are from enc to five hours late thIs morning m consequence ot the bl zzsrd which rasedin this section dur iDg the night. Snow fell io the depth of i've inches and 0 half gnd drifted bad ly. The highest velocity of ths wind wss 36 miles sn hour.
 The temUerature ct daybre6k vss , degrees below zero and at noon tht mercury recorded 24 below. Colder westher is predicted by the local signal officers. \ wild snow storm Is raging upon the upper Michigan peninsula to- day and trains are blocksded on all the roads as a result.
 DUBUQUE, December 2S-Tempera- ture IS 10 degrees below to-day and the trains are late m Lll directions, The passenger trsin on the Illinois Central due here Ut 9.30 last night did not ar rive tIll ' o'clock this mOrnIog. Nc trains are running between Waterloo and Sioux Cify and the trains on the
 Milwaukee lS St. Paul from the west Of MeGTeg5r are arriving six ht urs behind tune. Trans on :he two river roads are running behind time.
 REDDIxG. December 2s Five inches ot snow fell hero last plight and the storm continues uuabated this morn ing.
 SAN FRANCISCO, December 2S.-The steamer Oceanic winch arrived from Hong kgug aud T1k0b ma today. says the Unitsd States msn-ot-war OmHhs reached Nag .sabi. Japan, November 20, having on o0sri The Corean embassy credited to the United States. the dis p,ica of which the Chinese government recently prohibited. Just as they were issviug ou the Vuy down, ;he OmshE mel @ squadron oi Chinese men -oi-War bound for C8s muipg. tu, whstler on pgEcftul missioa CT Co support Chinese Gut Crfty over C Tsg is no, known.
 The Oceanic wgs placed m quarantine as two cases Cf smsllpox were discovered among tue Chinese steersge passen- gers.
 Los ANGELES, December 2S.-It seems g tiled beyond doubt that the At chison Topeka and Santa Fo company won't build to San Francisco for n long time. Ex-Judse Auson Bronson, Gen eral Solicitor for California for the com pauy. states positively that the lIne won't be extended to San Francisco. Mir. Bronson also sad; We are now building q road 90 Redondo Beach, SIX teen miles southwest of Los Angeles which will be in running order March 1 f. The Pacific Steamship company will then have fast line of steamers from San FrsrcIsco to that point, msking the trip in tventy-four hours and we will reship our freight from there Redondo Beach has R fine hsr- DOT and the contract for extensive ware. houses were let She past week. The road is completed to Eng!ewood nine miles from ReiondO Bench, and scores of men and tfains are engaged between the two points to complete the road at time stated"
 SAS FRANCIsCo, December 2S.-Best k Belcber, 7.7j; Crocker. S0: Chollar, i.57; Con. VIrzinis, 2O.C0; Confidence. 5 75; Gould 6 Curry, 4J0. Hale & Norcrlss, 9.SS; Locomotive, Si: Peer 70. Peerless, l.45; Potosi, 5.6O; Ophir, $. .75; SBvage. 70O; Sierra Nevs1e, 430; UnIon Coo. 5J; Yellow Jacket. 525; Mt D.ablo. i5O.
 LONDON. December 2S-rhe Msnches- ter Courier states that Lord Stanley Preston has accepted the governor gen ers,ship cf Canada.
 NoGALEs, December 2S.-Corporsl Tc- odoro Addshe, of the Mexican army, has been sentenced 10 be sho: for killing a private soldier in Guaymss, Sonora.
 The legislature has passed 6 law al- lowing decorations to all military men generally who were in active service m the war against the laqul Indians dur